CNPP Urges Tinubu To Resist Temptation of Naming Self Petroleum Minister
…Hails Senate for Turning Down ECOWAS War Request Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to resist the temptation to name himself the Minister of Petroleum Resources as he prepares to assign portfolios to Ministers-designate….
Don’t Muzzle FCC Chair, CSOs Warn Reps Ad-hoc Committee
‘… No One, Including Security Operatives, Has Ever Seen Haruna Kolo at FCC Chair’s Residence’ Over 100 frontline anti-corruption civil society organizations (CSOs) comprising of rights activists and media executives, said that their attention have been drawn to what they…
El-Rufai, Two Others Excluded As Senate Confirms 45 Ministerial Nominees
Senate on Monday finally concluded the screening of 45 of the 48 ministerial nominees of President Bola Tinubu, confirming them as cabinet members after a week of intense grilling for some and cursory introductions for others. Senate President Godswill Akpabio…
Keyamo Apologises As Senate Concludes Ministerial Screening
Mr Festus Keyamo, SAN, apologised to the Senate on Monday evening over his failure to honour invitations by the relevant legislative committee overseeing the Ministry of Labour and Productivity where he had served as a minister under the Muhammadu Buhari…
Akpabio Heads To Aso Villa As Senate Suspends Festus Keyamo’s Ministerial Screening
Following a heated session, when Mr Festus Keyamo, SAN, a nominee for a ministerial position, appeared before the lawmakers, the Senate suspended his screening. This is even as the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has raced to the…
Why We’ll Drag You To Biafra, Flog You – Simon Ekpa Tells Peter Obi
The self-acclaimed Biafra Prime Minister in exile, Simon Ekpa, has emphatically told the Presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, that the separatists movement agitating for a Biafra Republic would drag the entrepreneur to…
AllEyesOnJudiciary: Coalition Demand Justices Based On “Decided Cases”, Devoid Of “Technicalities, Political Orbiters”, Other Biases
A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) on Saturday uged the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to ensure that verdicts on petitions before it must be tailored in “a decided case as it ought to be” devoid of “technicalities and…
Akpabio Reacts To Ganduje’s Emergence As APC National Chairman Ganduje, Bashiru As Secretary
Nigeria’s President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has formally reacted to the emergence of the former Governor of Kano State, Dr Abdulahi Ganduje, as the National Chairman, and Senator Ajibola Bashiru as National Secretary, of the ruling All Progressives Congress…
How I Lost My First Grandchild In Govt Hospital – Akpabio Narrates
In a typical play out of the saying that the rich also cry, Nigeria’s President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has narrated how he lost his first grandchild to medical neglect in a government hospital. Speaking during the ministerial…
Gov. Oborevwori Mourns Wealth Lori, Says He Was A Dependable Party-man
Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has sent condolences to the Lori family, and the Itsekiri nation on the passing of their father, late Deacon Erebo Wealth Lori. The late Wealth Lori was a younger brother to elder stateswoman, Chief…
Ministerial List: Tinubu Withdraws Nomination Of Maryam Shetty, Picks Mariga Mahmoud, Festus Keyamo
President Bola Tinubu has replaced a ministerial nominee, Maryam Shetty, choosing two others, Festus Keyamo and Dr Mariga Mahmoud. This was revealed when Senate President Godswill Akpabio read out a letter by the President at Friday’s plenary session. This came…
